Bo Yuan, the Lord summons! Next to the high water wheel, Liu Yi was trying to lose the power in the process of hydraulic transmission, whether it could support the operation of the entire system, Jian Yong stood in the distance and shouted to Liu Yi on the high platform.

"Oh!" Liu Yi recorded a few data, and then discussed it with several craftsmen, and then explained the matter to several craftsmen to continue to calculate, and only after the calculation was done can the construction start.

"Hyozhi is back?" Coming down from the high platform, Liu Yi asked Jian Yongdao as he walked.

"Hmm." Jian Yong nodded and said, "It seems that things are going well." ”

"I hope so." Liu Yi nodded, this time Fa Zheng was a little too arrogant, Jiangdong rebounded a lot this time, if it can't be solved well, the next situation will be a little unoptimistic.

The two went to the water village side by side, Liu Bei was already sitting at the top of the place, and when he saw Liu Yi coming in, he smiled and said, "Bo Yuan doesn't have to work so hard. ”

"Since it has begun, we can't slack off, if there is a mistake in the transmission of this hydraulic mechanism, when the time comes, the consequences will be very serious, and it will be quite troublesome to repair." Liu Yi knelt and sat at the bottom of Liu Bei's left, he doesn't have much real power now, but his status is not low, under Liu Bei's command, he is already second only to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and can be ranked with Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

"It's a blessing to have Bo Yuan's help!" Liu Bei was very pleased with Liu Yi's rigorous work attitude and sighed.

"The Lord is serious." Liu Yi shook his head with a smile and did not answer.

Liu Bei looked at Fa Zheng and said, "Filial piety, it's okay." ”

"Whoa!" Fa Zheng nodded, and then thought: "This time I went to Jiangdong, I didn't see the Wu lord Sun Quan in Xia, but judging from Yilusu's attitude, it is obvious that he also hopes that the two families will reconcile, but now Jiangdong is up and down, and there is a lot of rejection of our army, and he even asks the lord to cede Jiangxia." ”

"Heh~" Pang Tong on the side shook his head and sneered when he heard this: "Come to think of it, then Lu Zijing didn't expect to really let the lord cede Jiangxia to him, right?" ”

"Indeed." Fa Zheng nodded, looked at Pang Tong and said, "But if we want to re-align with Jiangdong this time, it will be difficult for our army to show sincerity." ”

In fact, Liu Bei said that the king fell second, and the most important thing was to re-establish an alliance with Jiangdong and adjust the direction to resist Cao Cao.

"Now that the entire territory of Jingzhou has been captured by our army, Jiangdong can only develop to the Jianghuai area." Liu Yi groaned: "Will he want our army to cooperate with them to fight Jianghuai?" ”

"That's probably the case, but it's hard to say how you want our army to help him." Fa Zheng nodded, now that Jiangdong wants to form an alliance with Liu Bei, the direction of development can only be fought from Jiangdong Network Jianghuai and Qingxu, to be honest, it is not easy, even if it is defeated, it is difficult to hold it at the level of Jiangdong Army's land warfare.

"According to the following point of view, it is impossible to capture Jianghuai for the time being, the land of Jiangdong is vast and sparsely populated, if you want Jianghuai population, there is still something to do." Cui Zhouping pondered.

"Population?" Pang Tong and Fa Zheng's eyes lit up, this is a good idea, what Jiangdong lacks now is not the chassis, but the population, Liu Bei has developed Jingnan over the years, and has naturalized a lot of Shanyue, making Jingnan gradually prosperous, and the population is increasing year by year, Jiangdong is very likely to take this line of thought.

"If so, what can we do to help?" Jian Yong wondered.

"Contain Cao Jun." Liu Yi sighed, if this is really to start, Xiangyang must be built as soon as possible, and judging from the progress of the project over there, it is the fastest to be able to build it before the end of the year.

"Even if our army doesn't take the initiative to provoke, I think Cao Jun is coming soon." Pang Tong said with a smile: "That Lu Zijing looks sincere, but after all, he is not incompetent and mediocre, in my opinion, at this moment, Jiangdong may have begun to provoke the Cao army to attack our army." ”

"Do you need to negotiate with Sun Quan before that?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong and smiled.

"Not bad!" Pang Tong nodded and said: "Sun Quan is the weakest of my three families at this time, but because of this, he will be the strongest, and Cao Cao has to come!" Pang Tong gave Liu Yi an approving look: "If we really wait for Cao Cao to attack, our army will be quite passive." ”

Everyone agrees with this statement, and when Cao Cao attacks, there will be a lot less bargaining chips, so it is better to take advantage of the fact that Cao Cao has not yet attacked, and give things down first.

"But this matter can't be rushed." Cui Zhouping said with a smile.

Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, and Liu Yi nodded, they were too anxious, it was easy to expose their sense of need, and it would be very disadvantageous for the other party to hold it.

After some deliberation by everyone, it was finally decided that Fa Zheng would continue to be responsible for the negotiation with Jiangdong, Liu Yi and Pang Tong went to Xiangyang to cooperate with Guan Yu to prepare for Cao Cao, and this time Liu Bei was ready to go to Xiangyang in person, after all, he hadn't seen his second brother for a long time, and when he heard that Guan Yu was injured, Liu Bei was very anxious.

……

"How? Bo Yuan was not surprised to see me this time? After the meeting, Liu Yi walked with Pang Tong and Cui Zhouping, and Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi with some pride.

"I guessed you were coming, what's the surprise?" Liu Yi said angrily, you are not a beauty, what kind of accident do you want?

"Bo Yuan, tell you something." Pang Tong was a little unhappy with Liu Yi's expression, and suddenly smiled: "You are in Cheng. The manor built outside the capital was occupied by Yide. ”

Liu Yi glanced at him tirelessly and said, "I'm afraid there are still you, right?" General Yide has written to me, and you have picked it up. ”

"Forehead ......" Pang Tong's expression was a little embarrassed, and at the same time he secretly scolded Zhang Fei, how can I tell Liu Yi about this kind of thing.

"You say, if you fight Cao Jun again this time, is there any chance to take Nanyang down?" After everyone gossiped for a while, they still talked about the topic and led to the current situation, the basin of Nanyang is very rich, there are a large number of plains to cultivate, and there are dangerous mountains around to rely on.

When Pang Tong and Cui Zhouping heard this, after thinking for a while, they both shook their heads: "It's not easy, now the foundation of Shuzhong is not too stable, it is not easy to draw too many troops, only rely on Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and guard against Jiangdong, even if they can capture Nanyang, it will be difficult to defend, so this time we will mainly contain the Cao army's troops, and Bo Yuan should not think too much." ”

Liu Yi nodded, he was just a whim, Cao Jun began to use a large number of craftsmen to improve his military level as a whole, which made Liu Yi feel a little sense of crisis, who knows what tricky weapons the other party will develop, this is not a matter of attributes, some things just make you unguardable, and the mode of war may begin to change completely.

Therefore, Liu Yi hopes to be able to strengthen the influence of Liu Bei as soon as possible, the strategic significance of Nanyang is very important, in the hands of Cao Cao, because of the transportation of troops, it is a bit troublesome to govern, but for Liu Bei, it is an excellent springboard, if it can be held in his own hands, Liu Bei's victory will be even more sufficient.

"After this battle, let's go back to Shuzhong." Pang Tong glanced at Liu Yi and said: "Now Shuzhong is preliminarily flattened, but there are local wealthy clans in Qianwei, Zhudi and other places all the year round to collude with barbarians to make trouble, and the lord hopes that you can go out to govern the land of Nanzhong." ”

"Me?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong in amazement, not understanding how this thing could fall on his head?

"That's right." Pang Tong nodded as a matter of course and said, "I and Kong Ming both think that in the matter of Nanzhong, Bo Yuan, you are the most suitable!" ”

"Why?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tongdao in amazement, I am so powerful, why don't I know?

"The Southern Barbarians, who do not understand the art of war, always surrender and rebel by virtue of their geographical advantages, if they send a large army to conquer, they will immediately hide in the 100,000 deep mountains when they see that the situation is not good, but as soon as our army leaves, they will immediately go and return." Pang Tong helped Liu Yi conclude.

"So what?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong, why is the most suitable for himself?

"But those southern barbarians, in fact, fought a lot of things and rushed forward, and they didn't know how to use the army, but there were many strange things that caused our army quite a headache." Pang Tong shook his head and said: "They are not difficult to deal with, the important thing is that they can't send too many people to conquer, it is easy to let these southern barbarians escape directly, Bo Yuan can be built over there, make some things, and lead the southern barbarians to attack." ”

So, because the enemy itself is not strong, but rather pestering, you big people are not willing to do it, so you can throw this place of Nanban directly to me, right?

Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong's sky-facing nose, and had some urge to help him with plastic surgery, but finally restrained it with his good cultivation.

"I have to tell my lord, I have to bring my wife and children over, it's not difficult to defeat them, but if you want to govern, it will take a few years, right?" Liu Yi thought for a while and said, "In addition, the lord has to match me with a few generals, and the money needs to be distributed as usual......"

"Stop!" Pang Tong hurriedly stopped the chattering Liu Yi: "This is just an intention, at least I will send you after the lord is crowned king, don't worry, you can think slowly, and then talk to the lord." ”

Liu Yi nodded: "Yes, after all, with your current status, you can't be my master." ”

said, and looked at Pang Tong with some contempt, he is a character of the marquis, what about Pang Tong? It's just a military advisor.

"You ......" Pang Tongbei Liu Yi was speechless, the fact is that he really can't be Liu Yi's master.

"Alright." Cui Zhouping looked a little funny, and interjected at the right time: "Tomorrow, the two of you will go to Xiangyang with the lord, think about how to deal with Cao Jun next." ”

In fact, how can you deal with Cao Jun? In the case of holding Xiangyang, it is best to take down the cities of Xinye, Dengxian and Yuyang, and then ask for more, Cao Cao will not give, they can't hold it, the two sides have fought a few battles, and in the end it is best to be safe, as for how much profit Jiangdong can get by taking this opportunity, it depends on Sun Quan's own ability, we will help you contain Cao Cao, you can't do it yourself, then it's no wonder we can't do it!